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7:15am PST |
Rugby: Wales clinch Triple Crown |
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Summary: Wing Shane Williams equals Wales' try-scoring record as they claim the Triple Crown in Dublin. |
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Yahoo News |
7:10am PST |
Bush vetoes bill outlawing CIA waterboarding
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush on Saturday
vetoed legislation passed by Congress that would have banned
the CIA from using waterboarding and other controversial
interrogation techniques. |
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Cnn.com |
7:02am PST |
Iraqis demand protection from crime |
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Summary: Hundreds of Iraqis have marched on the Basra police headquarters demanding better security for their crime-ridden southern Iraqi city.
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BBC News |
6:57am PST |
'No Russia thaw under Medvedev' |
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Summary: Outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin warns the West that relations will not be easier under his successor. |
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Yahoo News |
6:53am PST |
Myanmar rejects UN proposal for observers at referendum
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar's military government has rejected a UN proposal for the regime to allow observers at its constitutional referendum planned for May, state television said Saturday. |
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BBC News |
6:52am PST |
Council bids to run post offices |
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Summary: Essex county council enters into talks on taking over post offices in its area earmarked for closure. |
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Yahoo News |
6:49am PST |
Abbas demands peace after surge of Mideast killing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas called on Saturday for talks with Israel despite
a surge of violence and said that a just peace was his people's
goal. |
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Yahoo News |
6:47am PST |
Wyoming, land of firsts for women, tough on Clinton
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - With a long history of firsts
in women's rights, Wyoming would seem to be a state primed to
put its stamp on the presidential aims of Sen. Hillary Clinton,
but experts say that doesn't seem likely. |
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Yahoo News |
6:44am PST |
Angry Boeing supporters target McCain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Angry Boeing supporters are vowing revenge against Republican presidential candidate John McCain over Chicago-based Boeing's loss of a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract to the parent company of European plane maker Airbus. |
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Yahoo News |
6:44am PST |
Putin warns West his successor to be just as tough
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday warned the West against expecting a thaw under his "nationalist" successor Dmitry Medvedev. |
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Yahoo News |
6:39am PST |
Heavy snow batters Ohio Valley states
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A foot of snow buried parts of the Ohio Valley early Saturday, virtually shutting down some road and air travel. |
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Yahoo News |
6:34am PST |
Iraqi president visits Turkey after army operation
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani began his
first visit as head of state to neighboring Turkey on Friday,
just one week after Ankara ended a major army ground offensive
against Kurdish PKK rebels based in northern Iraq. |
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BBC News |
6:31am PST |
Afghans protest against cartoons |
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Summary: Thousands of Afghans protest against the reprinting of cartoons they say are insults to Islam. |
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BBC News |
6:25am PST |
Bodies found in Iraq mass grave |
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Summary: Security forces in Iraq discover a mass grave containing about 100 decomposed bodies. |
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Yahoo News |
6:24am PST |
Abbas says peace efforts must continue
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday said peace efforts with Israel must move forward despite an especially bloody spate of violence capped by a deadly attack on a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem. |
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BBC News |
6:21am PST |
Setback for PM in Malaysia vote |
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Summary: Early indications from Malaysia's polls suggest PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi may be doing worse than predicted. |
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BBC News |
6:15am PST |
MEP seeks to resolve ferry strike |
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Summary: The President of France is urged to intervene in a strike by ferry workers to help end the gridlock on the M20. |
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BBC News |
6:09am PST |
Diploma success 'to end A-levels' |
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Summary: England's chief exams watchdog says success for new Diplomas will mean the demise of A-levels. |
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Yahoo News |
6:06am PST |
Spain buries Basque politician ahead of election
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Spain on Saturday prepared to bury a
former Socialist councilor shot dead in the Basque Country in
what many said was an attempt by separatists to influence
Sunday's poll, just as Islamist bombings did in 2004. |
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Cnn.com |
5:52am PST |
March roars in with deadly storms |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
5:49am PST |
Margaret Thatcher leaves hospital |
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Summary: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher walked out of a London hospital Saturday morning where she spent the night after feeling "unwell" during a dinner at the House of Lords.
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BBC News |
5:44am PST |
Search for missing couple resumes |
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Summary: The search for a missing couple from Newtownabbey resumes in a County Antrim beauty spot. |
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Yahoo News |
5:37am PST |
Iraqis protest in Basra over security
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thousands of people took to the streets Saturday in Basra, protesting deteriorating security in the southern city where Iraqi forces assumed responsibility for safety last December. |
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BBC News |
5:25am PST |
'No Russian thaw under Medvedev' |
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Summary: Outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin warns the West relations will not be any easier under Dmitry Medvedev. |
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BBC News |
5:24am PST |
Thatcher leaves London hospital |
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Summary: Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher heads home after a London hospital overnight stay for tests. |
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Yahoo News |
5:17am PST |
Putin warns West his successor will be just as tough
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - President Vladimir Putin warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday that relations between the West and his successor, Dmitry Medvedev, would be no easier. |
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BBC News |
5:07am PST |
Cable rethink on homes of rich |
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Summary: Vince Cable tells BBC News he scrapped plans for a £1m home tax over fears it would hurt middle-class voters. |
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BBC News |
5:07am PST |
Lib Dems plan tax for super rich |
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Summary: Vince Cable tells Lib Dems he wants a new tax on the homes of the super rich. |
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Cnn.com |
4:16am PST |
Supermodel sorry for disappearance |
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BBC News |
4:10am PST |
Rally in Jersey over abuse claims |
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Summary: A rally is to be held in Jersey to highlight concerns over the way authorities have handled claims of child abuse. |
